Ladouceur captures Mr. Radiator 50 lapper at Cornwall=20

CORNWALL-Alexandria's Joey Ladouceur opened defense of his Mr. Radiator =

Pro Stock crown in style on Sunday night at Cornwall Motor Speedway. =

Ladouceur led the final 32 laps in the opening event of the series which =

includes stops at 3 other speedways as well as Cornwall.le to get in two =

of the five features scheduled.

The Modifieds ran two features on the night to make up for a rainout of =

the second of twin 20 lap features on the previous Sunday. Simon =

Marcoux was the early story, he led the first 15 laps and appeared =

headed to his first career Modified win, until a caution flag with 5 to =

go. That allowed Mark Hitchcock to close the gap and then blow by when =

the green flag dropped again leading the final 5 circuits for the =

triumph. Marcoux, settled for a best ever second followed by Leon =

Gonyo, Chris Jones and Stephane LaFrance.

The regular 30 lap Modified feature turned out to be a barnburner. =

Stephane LaFrance recovered from a mid race penalty for on track =

incident to capture his first win of 2004. The final caution of the =

race came with 2 laps to go setting up a green, white checkered finish. =

Dale Planck immeidately pounced on his opportunity grabbing second and =

getting to within half a car length of LaFrance as the two crossed the =

finish line. Rookie John Lazore picked up a strong third place showing =

followed by Mark Hitchcock and Laurent Ladouceur.

The Semi Pro's ran two features on the night as well. Carey Terrence =

took both ends of the twin bill. In the opener, he took over the lead =

from Ghislain Valade on a late race restartand cruised the rest of the =

way for the victory. Dominic Gauvreau was second in front of Claude =

Laurin using a borrowed car. Terrence went wire to wire in the nightcap =

holding off a hard charging Denis Hamel with Gauvreau finishing in =

third.

Bob Ray also captured both ends of the Rookie doubleheader. The second =

feature was shortened to 10 laps after a horrifying crash in turn 4. =

Ernie Cree making an attempt to pass for the lead rolled twice and =

cleared the fence. Cree emerged from his car under his own power. =

Andrew Russell was second in both features.

The Speedway returns to action next Sunday night with Fan Appreciation =

and Driver Autograph Night with a full race program featuring all four =

divisions in action. The green flag drops at 7 pm.

Mr. Radiator Pro Stocks 1. Joey Ladouceur 2. Travis Back 3. Clayton =

Benedict 4. Louis Jackson 5. Marc Therrien 6. Todd Raabe 7. William =

Adams 8. Al Peters 9. Junior Barnes 10. Steve Johnston

Modifieds 20 laps 1.Mark Hitchcock 2. Simon Marcoux 3. Leon Gonyo 4. =

Chris Jones 5. Stephane LaFrance 6. Kyle Jacobs 7. Laurent Ladouceur 8. =

Dave Heaslip 9. Lee Ladouceur 10. Billy Cook 11. John Lazore 12. Al =

Jacobs 13. Brian MacDonald 14. Dale Planck 15. Kayle Robidoux 16. Steve =

Poirier 17. Tammy Jalbert 18. Chico Dingwall 19. Dan Jalbert 20. Perrf =

Francis

Modifieds 30 laps 1. Stephane LaFrance 2. Dale Planck 3. John Lazore 4. =

Mark Hitchcock 5. Laurent Ladouceur 6. Brian MacDonald 7. Steve Poirier =

8. Kyle Jacobs 9. Dave Heaslip 10. Leon Gonyo 11. Billy Cook 12. Dan =

Jalbert 13. Chris Jones 14. Lee Ladouceur 15. Simon Marcoux 16. Kayle =

Robidoux 17. Eric Gauvreau 18. Jeff Marshall 19. Tom Jock Jr. 20. Tammy =

Jalbert 21. Mark Smoke 22. Gilles Perrault 23. Patrick Dupree 24. Al =

Jacobs

Semi Pro 15 laps 1. Carey Terrence 2. Dominic Gauvreau 3. Claude Laurin =

4. Ghislain Valade 5. Jack Johnson=20

Semi Pro 15 laps 1. Carey Terrence 2. Denis Hamel 3. Dominic Gauvreau 4. =

Bruce Merpaw 5. Greg Ezard

Rookies 12 laps 1. Bob Ray 2. Andrew Russell 3. Kurtis McPhee 4. Dan =

Lortie 5. Donald Leduc

Rookies 10 laps 1. Bob Ray 2. Andrew Russell 3. Scott Nurse 4. Dan =

Lortie 5. Gerry O

Heat Winners

Modifieds: Planck, LaFrance, La. Ladouceur

Pro Stocks: Back, Therrien, Delormier

Semi Pro: Gauvreau, MacDonald, Day, Terrance

Rookie: McPhee, Russell, Gerry O,=20